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Imperial Newsletter By Wally Rutherford
Lavender Politics ’75 By D. ‘Cameron Scot
Brother Bizzare’s Gaze By Mark Owens

Meet Carole Cook and Tom Troupe
Show Biz In Review By Donald McLean
Films in Review By Donald McLean
Letter From Mole End
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Community News

Harvey Milk To
Run For Supervisor

CALLS FOR “FAIR SHARE” TAX

Harvey Milk, owner of a Castro
Street store and a former candidate for
supervisor, announced that he would
again seek election to the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors. Milk cited as his
reasons for running, a total disreagrd of
present economic problems by the
current Board, as well as their “distorted
sense of priorities.” He called for a
four-point program to bring the city
government back to “the people who
actually live in The City.”

Milk, who garnered more than
17,000 votes as a last-minute candidate
for supervisor in 1973, claimed that
members of the present Board are
“part-time supervisors who actually
devote most of their time to running for
higher office.” Milk asked voters to cast
one of their six votes for him, so that he
could bring a fresh .approach to what he
termed “long-lingering problems.”

Milk’s four-point program calls for a
“Fair Share” tax for those who work in
The City but don’t live here, for taxis
and buses to be equipped so they can
report crimes-in-progress directly to
Police headquarters, for the Fire
Department to be supplied with the -
most modern equipment available, and
for “the Board’s present sense of
priorities to be reoriented to the people
and not to the downtown interests.”

Claiming that many of those
employed in The C ity don’t actually
reside here and thus pay no taxes, Milk
said they nevertheless use vital services
such as the Police and Fire Depart¬
ments, the municipal transit lines and
scavenger facilities. He proposed a “Fair
Share” tax to cover such workers. “The
costs of city services,” Milk said, “should
be borne by all who use them and not
just the residents of The City.”

Milk cited more than 40,000
serious crimes last year and called for an
end to the prosecution of “ crimeless
crimes” and full-scale concentration on
“crimes which have a victim--murders,
muggings, car thefts, robberies and
burglaries.” He asked for a program in
which the city’s buses and taxicabs
would be equipped with a direct radio to
Police headquarters. Milk said that this
would enable drivers of buses and taxis
to report crimes in progress. In addition

to providing the Police Department with
many more “eyes,” Milk said that the
very fact such drivers were equipped
would be a deterrent to major crime.

The third point of Milk’s program
calls for the utilization of the most recent
fire fighting equipment to not only cut
down on injuries to firemen and victims
of fires but to reduce property damage
through faster fire control.

Charging a lack of responsibility on
the part of the present Board of
Supervisors, Milk claimed that too
many of its members were interested in
higher legislative and judiciary posts and
were slighting their position as Super¬
visors. Milk said that the deplorable
condition of the city’s schools, as well as
the deterioration of the city’s port
facilities, could be traced to a Board of
Supervisors that had “given up control
to these vital areas of city government.
The present Board is so interested in
higher office that they allow the
downtown interests to dictate to

As further examples of the in¬
competence of the present Board-, Milk
claimed that monkeys in the zoo were
fed better than prisoners in the City Jail,
that taxi companies were allowed to

increase their fares without ever being
asked for a full outside audit, and that
while the Board voted for a Transit First
program, it then turned around and
voted for more parking garages
dowtown.

For more information, contact:
Harvey Milk for Supervisor Campaign
Headquarters, 575 Castro St., S.F.
94114. Tel: 864-1390. ☆

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by Wally Rutherford

It is the intention of this column to
provide its readers with information
related to the goals, projects and
activities of the Empress and Emperor
of San Francisco and their respective
Imperial Courts, the Daisy and Cable
Car Courts. It will also include, from
time to time, reports on out of town
functions and a calendar of events
covering the current publication period.

EMPRESS X DORIS and the
DAISY COURT have finalized plans

for their first major activity. On Easter
Sunday, March 30, Doris and members
of the court will distribute Easter baskets
in the children’s ward at San Francisco
General Hospital and later that day will
hand out gift baskets to residents at
Laguna Honda. The next project also
underway, holds high priority with
Doris. Doris and members of the court
have applied to the City to be volunteer
aid at S.F. AND San Bruno jails,
specializing in areas related to gay
inmates. Preliminary plans are now
being formulated for a production of
The Wizard of Oz, as a benefit for
Operation Concern. Tentative opening

is scheduled for mid-August, with open
auditions to be held in early June. The
production will be directed by Chuck
Zinn.

EMPEROR BOB CRAMER and
the CABLE CAR COURT have to
date raised over $4,000.00 for various
gay charitable organizations. In keeping
with their goal of sponsoring a fund
raising project each month in office, a
private screening of Neil Simon’s
Prisoner of Second Avenue was held on
Thursday evening March 13 with all
door proceeds ($200) donated to the
Gay Peoples Union at Stanford Uni¬
versity. Although, the organization
recently received a Federal Govern¬
ment grant of $90,000, it may only be
used for adminsitrative salaries. The
Cable Car Court donation will be used
for general office supplies and equip¬
ment. The project for April will be the
Second Great Depression Dinner and
Dance at SIR Center on Saturday, April
26th. Donation is $1.99 in advance and
$2.49 at the door, with all door receipts
going to PRIDE. SIR will provide an
open bar and all proceeds from the bar
will go to the benefit of SIR.

JOINT PROJECTS Bob ad

Doris have scheduled a meeting for
Monday, March 24 to discuss plans for
an Imperial function to raise funds for
the California Committee for Equal
Rights. The money will be used to assist
the committee in their work on
upcoming legislation for Penal Code
Revisions. Members of the Privy
Council and Council of Emperors will
be asked to participate.

OUT OF TOWN FUNCTIONS
a belated congratulations to Olympia IV
Dominique and Rainier I Lance, the
new heads of State for Seattle. Also a
special thanks to Lola, Oly III and the
Queen City Business Guild for their
gracious hospitality.

On Friday, February 28, the
Emperojr, Empress, members of the
Imperial Courts and friends of San
Francico attended the coronation of the
Inland Empire of Sacramento. Con¬
gratulations to Emperor II, Joe and
Empress II, Cry.

Last weekend, Doris and Bob,
members of both courts and friends of
San Francisco, headed north to
Vancouver for the coronation of
Emperor III Ray and Empress IV Bobbi.
Our sincere thanks to Kenny, Sandy
and the coronation organizing com¬
mittee for a fabulous weekend.

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portation and hotel accommodations
for the Princess Royal Ball in Portland,

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Prizes given for most attractive
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Brunch 11 am to 3 pm

Judging 4 pm

Bob and Doris at the Vancouver coronation.

Memorial Day weekend (may 23-26)
will be mailed to all court members by
March 28. If you are not a member of
either Imperial Court and wish to take
advantage of the San Francisco group
discount plans, please write me care of
the B.A.R. office and I’ll be happy to
send you details.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

March 20 - Auction Gay Parolees,

527 Club

21 - Dinner for Rev. Jim

Sandmire, Louie’s

22 - Opening Nite, That’s Show
Biz, Dovre Theatre

23 - Long Beach Coronation

24 - Meeting, Calif. Comm.

for Equal Rights

30 - (Easter Sunday) Brunch SIR
12 noon; Daisy Court Easter
baskets to S.F. General and
Laguna Honda
3rd Annual Easter Walk,
hosted by Frieda
March 31 - FIFTH Hanging of
Sweetlips

April 2 - -do-

$44,935’s a Lotta
Bread. .

The Pacific Center for Human
Growth of Berkeley, has announced the
receipt of an unrestricted grant for
$44,935 from the San Francsico
Foundation. It is the largest grant ever
given by a private foundation to an
organization specializing in providing
chartiable and mental health services to
homosexuals and other sexual
minorities.

“We are extremely pleased to
announce this grant,” said Richard
Boxer, Executive Director of the
Center. “Funding for an innovative
program such as ours is not easy to
come by. We feel that this grant will
enable us to accomplish a great deal
more in the future as compared to our
past two years of operation in which we
had little material or financial re¬
sources.”

The Pacific Center, formerly East
Bay Gay, views itself as a mental health
and charitable services agency for all
sexual minorities, not just homosexuals.
“Many sexual minority individuals such
as straight transvestites or bisexuals do
not label themselves as ‘gay’,” indicated
Board Member Bud Aungst.

The Pacific Center operates a
variety of programs for sexual minority
men and women. The Center provides
preventitive and theraputic mental
health services, crisis intervention,
educational services for the community

at large, and has plans for special
programs such as a youth program,
VD/Medical Clinic, and an outreach
program to those sexual minority
individuals in prison.

For many troubled people the
Pacific Center may be a new source of
help. For society at large, the Center
will serve the community in matters of
social adjustment between sexual
minorities and the larger heterosexual
population with understanding and
compassion.

For more information, contact:
Richard Boxer (415) 548-8283,
841-6224,527-5839.

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Helping Hands
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Report

HELPING HANDS CENTER DOES
HELP PEOPLE.... finished 1974,
$2,570.41 in debt! The following is a
list of expenditures and income for the
Helping Hands Center for the fiscal year
1974. Contreyry to rumors from certain
individuals, the Center is not well off,
but finished the year 1974 in debt.

Expenditures (partial)

Rental on 225 Turk St.$1,820.00

Garbage disposal.$194.00

Water.$52.22

Electric (partial only).$128.09

Telephones.$330.90

Answering Service.$365.00

Education Materials & Printing $972.85
Special Events Food Costs . . . $967.71

Office Supplies.$106.11

General supplies, foods, etc. $1,855.03
Expenses, donations, for

solicitations (phone) .$3,006.00

Funds for emergency assistance

to individuals ..$955.71

Medical assistance

costs (approximately).$280.00

The above are the major items of

expenditures tor the Helping Hands
Center. The grand total of expenditures
during the year 1974 were:

$13,214.71

You are asked to keep in mind that
the Center does not receive govern¬
mental funds nor does it have a paid
membership, nor does it have income
from a publication of its own.

Income

The total income for the Center in
1974 was: $10,644.30. And of that
total only $2,516.00 came from the
gay community! The remainder of the
income came from our solicitation
program to the straight community and
from the pocket of Rev. Ray Broshears
himself.

During 1974, nearly 300 persons
obtained employment through the
Center; one thousand gay people ate
meals catered into the Center; five
hundred or so elderly people ate meals
especially for them through the Center;
over two hundred people arrested for
alledged sex acts were assisted in
gaining release from jail; an avergae of
420 people drop into the Center weekly
and receive two hundred phone calls
weekly for information (bars, baths,
medical help, housing, jobs, education,
etc.). ☆

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Sgt. Blackstone
Testimonial Dinner
Date Set

The gay community of San
Francisco will honor Sgt. Elliot Black-
stone, of the San Francisco Police
Department, known for ten years as
"the cop to the gay community,” on
Monday, April 21st.

This gigantic affair is set for the
main ballroom of the San Franciscan
Hotel, on Market St., at 8th. The dinner
will begin promptly at 8 PM, with a
no-host cocktail bar at 6:30 PM, with
various police officials, city officials and
politicians in attendance in addition to
those of the gay community of San
Francisco who have come to pay honor
to Sgt. Blackstone for his many years of
service to the gay community and for
pioneering new horizons in com¬
munication between the police and the
gay communities of our City.

The Blackstone Testimonial Com¬
mittee is comprised of several of the
better known activists in San Francisco
who have worked with Sgt. Blackstone
since the inception of the Police
Community Relations unit which Black¬
stone was one of the original members.

The chairman of the Committe is
Perry A. George, former SIR vice-
president and current vice-president of
Pride; Zane Tamas, co-chairperson of
the SIR Productions Committee, is the
treasurer of the Committee; other
members are: Larry Eppinette of SIR
and Yonkers Production Company;
Joel Coleman of SIR, MCC and the
House of the Good Fairies; Doug
McDonald, secretary of Tavern Guild
and former chairperson of Operation
Concern; Bob Ross, publisher-editor of
the B.A.R.; Hector Navarro, SIR;
Charlotte Coleman, SIR, Tavern Guild
and Operation Concern; Lee Ray¬
mond, Grand Duchess II; Bob Cramer,
Emperor III; Larry Littlejohn and
George Mendenhall of Pride Found¬
ation; Rev. Ray Broshears, Committee
coordinator, director-Helping Hands
Center, chairperson of West Coast Gay
Liberation Front, Harry S. Truman
Democratic Club; Doug DeYoung,
president of SIR, and Jerry Salazar,
Helping Hands Center, CRUSADER.

Tickets for the Testimonial will be
$8.50 each, and reserved tables of eight
seating are available for groups. The
menu for the Dinner is as follows:

Tossed Green Salad
Roast Duckling TOrange
Parslied Potatoes

French-cut Green Beans Almondine
Rolls, Butter, Beverage
Apple Pie Americaine

The Master of Ceremonies for the
evening’s festivities, which will include
awards presentations from various gay
groups and short-speeches from various
people concerning the work of Sgt.
Blackstone, will be the very talented
and charming, Don Cavallo, longtime
friend of Elliot.

So make plans to attend this
farewell tribute to Sgt. Elliot Blackstone,
who retires in April. Remember, April
21st, a Monday night, 8 PM dinner and
6:30 PM no-host cocktails.

Tickets will be avaijable at the
KOKP1T, the 527 Club, the Mint, and
the *P.S. For reserved table seating,
please note this when purchasing tickets
of eight. You may send cash, check or
moneyorder to: Blackstone Testi¬
monial Dinner, % 100 Broadway
St., San Francico, Ca 94111. For
further details, you may contact
the coordinator. Rev. Ray at
771-3366.

Everyone turn out and send Sgt.
Elliot Blackstone off with a rousing
tribute for the tremendous humanitatian
work that he has done over the years.

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Political Views

Lavender Politics ’75 By Donald ‘Cameron Scot’

Special Feature

HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! STEP
RIGHT UP. THE BIG SHOW’S
ABOUT TO BEGIN.

PEANUTS! POPCORN
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It’s election time again. You
KNOW it’s an election year when we
start hearing more and more cases of
reported police harassment/surveill-
ance of gays and gay bars. It has never
ceased to amaze - and anger — me that
we have to go through this in every
election year, but it is an election year,
so leave your grass and poppers at
home; be careful whom you ‘solicit’ and
don’t be too dismayed that the fun has
been taken out of our lives because
we’re going to have front-row, first
class, ringside seats to this political
circus.

We — actually, you; some of us are
already in it up to our asses - are going
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dazzling displays of delectable dialogue,
glittering gales of gala gabble and
resplendent renditions of rattling reper¬
toires as politicians and community
leaders scurry through seductively
sententious semantics in search of that
elusively eclectic elixir - the gay vote,
your vote. With luck, stamina and a
great deal of intestinal fortitude, you
may even find that you have survived
the onslaught and are still around, alive
and hopefully well, on November 5,
1975 and recuperated enough by
Thanksgiving to embark on the annual
round of Thanksgiving to New Year’s
non-stop parties.

If you don’t feel that you’re in this
political tidal basin yet, look again.
Your shoes are wet, the water is already
ankle deep and rising as politicians
crank up their campaigns and our very
own community leaders dive in. And
we’ve only just begun!

This particular election, the mayor¬
alty election in San Francisco, promises
to be a three-ring circus involving more
than just the candidates for the office,
we are going to see a great deal of
attempts by our various community
leaders to amass a personal power that
would propel them into the spotlight of
San Francisco politics as they try to
“deliver” the gay vote for this candidate
or that. Yet, in the final analysis, it is
only the candidate, if anyone, who is
going to garner the gay vote, since not
even the community leaders can put
their fingers on it.

Harvey Milk has already exhorted
us to play prima donna to the politicos’
opera, to stamp our pretty little feet and
pout until they come abegging us to
play the part and vote for them (B.A.R.
2/20/75), a tactic that I would not in
any way agree with. Joseph L. Alioto

(he’s our current mayor) won an
election and re-election without ever
coming to us for our vote, or even
acknowledging that we were here and
that we had a vote. While standing back
with our arms folded, waiting for a
candidate to come to us, might give us a
swelled sense of personal power, it isn’t
going to win any election. Elections are
won by a lot of hard work, a lot of
campaigning, not by sitting on our butts
waiting for someone to come on bent
knee, hat in hand, to beg our vote.
Someone has to get campaigns going
and there is absolutely no reason why
you should sit back and let someone
else decide for you who will and will not
be able to run, and who you will and will
not support. If you have a candidate
that you like, roll up your sleeves and
get to work. The gay vote in San
Francisco is important but by no means
omnipotent and by waiting for someone
else to get a campaign underway, we
could very easily lose out on our choice
of candidates before we ever get a
chance to go to the polls on November
4, 1975.

Ramon Naruda (Sentinel 2
-25-75) has the better idea on the
upcoming election - take a look at the
candidates, but start now. As Mr.
Naruda stated, we cannot place much
faith in what will be said and done
during this campaign. Most candidates
are going to put on a great show to what
they think will appeal to what they think
is the gay taste. And we know -- you
and I - that they do not know what the
gay taste is. Oh, they may put together
a campaign that will appeal to some of
the more visible aspects of the gay
community; they may (and they do)
attend various gay functions that are put
on, and some even think that they
have, thereby, “identified” the gay vote.
Those functions, however, are so
untypical of what appeals to the
overwhelming majority of gays that
attendance at them would have to be
doubled for them to even come up to
the status of “minority within a
minority. ” (I do attend these things but
am, contrary to many others who
attend, poignantly aware of who does
NOT attend, both in terms of numbers
and individualities.) Yet, that is what the
politicians see and that is what much of
their campaign to capture the gay vote
is going to be geared to. Again like Mr.

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Neruda, I don’t want to be the one who
is conned; it has happened all too often
before, as with Mrs. Feinstein’s cam¬
paign for the city’s highest office in
1971.

Toward the end of that particular
campaign, I, with reservations, sup¬
ported Mrs. Feinstein. (Adz Gayzette
10/21/71; B.A.R. 11/1/71) After
losing her bid to become mayor, Mrs.
Feinstein apparently decided to change
tactics in an attempt to appeal to
another faction within the city in hopes
that her next try (this one?) would fare
better. To that end, Mrs. Feinstein has
supported innumerable pro-gay resolu¬
tions - resolutions that sound nice but
carry no weight - while at the same
time supporting anti-gay ordinances -
ordinances that not only do not sound
nice but do carry the weight of law and
enforcement. Resolutions aside, Mrs.
Feinstein has supported the police
department’s request for helicopters to
patrol the city; helicopters that cannot
possibly be used downtown because of
the high buildings creating not only their
own hazard, but the added danger of
updrafts and downdrafts and cross¬
currents. Helicopters that are not used
in residential areas, but used instead
only to patrol outlying areas - beaches,
LAND’S END - the only places that
they can safely be employed.

More recently, Mrs. Feinstein again
voted for a “control the gays” or¬
dinance (not resolution) that gave
police increased control over gay after
hours places. (B.A.R. Vol 4, No. 10,
undated) And, although Mrs. Feinstein
has stated that she doesn’t believe the
gay vote is going to amount to a hill of
beans in this election (Sentinel
2/25/75), you will notice that she is not
ignoring it, and is, however more subtly
than before, still courting it. The woman
has balls!

Judge John J. Ertola, an an¬
nounced candidate for mayor, has
come suddenly from out of nowhere
into the gay arena. Whether he is
actually, actively soliciting the gay vote
is open to question, though he has
recently made some token moves to
become involved with some gay
organizations; very recent moves that
are obviously more politically oriented
than genuine. Yet even without such
obvious token moves into the gay
arena, any man who is so strongly
supported by another who must list
among his credentials unqualified,
vehement support for the most un-
American president we have ever had
(B.A.R. 11/1/72; reply B.A.R.
11/29/72) has got to be suspect.

Thomas M. Edwards and I have not
agreed on much of anything for the past
several years and it is with no small
sense of relief and absolutely no surprise
that politics is not going to make us
“strange bedfellows.”

Mr. Edwards has, with myopic
mentality bordering near fascism, con¬
sistently supported gay oppression. His
verbiage over the past several years,
though proclaiming himself pro-gay,
has consistently attacked gays rather
than supporting them. His belief the
individual must surrender to the
common good of the state completely
overlooks the fact that we, as gays,
have been determined by the State to
be a threat to the common good, much
of our activity is proscribed by law, and,
according to St. Thomas, should the
state decide that it would be to the
common good to exterminate gays, we
should all then lay down our lives
(ourselves, so as to avoid any cost to the
state that might harm the common
good) for the good of the state. Though
I’ve not yet met Mr. Ertola (I anticipate
doing so in the near future, since I’ve
had an invitation to sit in on a rap
session with him; an invitation from a
friend, not from His Honor) coupled
with knowing of absolutely nothing
that he has done for us in the past, I
would be inclined to regard Mr.
Edwards’ strong endorsement as more
of a “kiss of death” than a helping hand
for the gay vote.

As of today (3/4/75) Kopp is not
running.

Barbagelata is, and I can but
wonder if he were elected Mayor would
he and The Examiner then join forces in
another of those archaic attempts to
clean up the city and rid it of trash (read
homosexuals and prostitutes; or have
you forgotten the periodic crusades
during the 60’s?). Beatific Barbagelata,
you’ll remember, was the man who

Boraxed Broadway so that his 16 year
old could go see the attraction that was
no longer there without being offended
by seeing what he went there to see in
the first place.

Would Mr. Barbagelata then, as
mayor, move to clean up Polk Street so
he could then take his 16 year old son
down to see the fairies without having
him be offended by the sight of the
fairies on the street? Then Folsom?
Castro? Mrs. Feinstein cost herself not a
few gay votes with her stand on
pornography and there is a serious
question whether or not Barbagelata
would be very much different. He, like
Feinstein, doesn’t really believe that the
gay vote matters, but he’s keeping in
touch anyway, just in case.

In any event, though political
winds in San Francisco are as pre¬
dictable as the weather, our next
mayor, as of now, seems destined to be
Senator George Moscone or Senator
Milton Marks (they’re both running.)

Moscone/Marks

Marks/Moscone

Had either one been running
against the rest of this field, there would
have been little or no question where
our support should have gone. But

(Continued Next Page)

running against one another?

Only one can be mayor, and their
voting records are analogous, reflecting
many similar liberal trends. Since we
cannot take at face value what will be
said during this campaign, we will have
to look to the past, not listen to the
present, to sort out the wheat from the
chaff. With their sentiments generally
similar, the pivotal area where a choice
could be made, is somewhat simplified
- the gay issue.

On the other hand, Senator Marks’
involvement with and recognition of the
gay community goes back a number of
years. He has for some time now been
openly involved in helping in various
areas of gay community concern, never
objecting to having his picture appear
with gays in gay publications.

On the other hand, Moscone’s
interest and involvement with the gay
community, though just a step ahead of
Judge Ertola’s, was not generated until
he decided to run for mayor in a city in
which the gay vote is important.
Though Moscone’s general voting trend
favors corollary issues, his direct pitch
for the gay vote has come of late.

Senator Marks made an overt pitch
for the gay vote in his re-election
campaign for the State Senate seat he
now holds in 1972.

Moscone apparently did not find it

important enough to bid for the gay
vote until he began this mayoral
campaign.

Senator Marks attended S.I.R.’s
Tenth Anniversary Celebration, July,
1974.

Moscone did not.

Senator Marks attended the
Empress Ball, January 4, 1975.

Moscone did not.

Senator Marks attended S.I.R.’s
Installation of Officers Banquet, Feb¬
ruary 22, 1975.

Moscone did not.

Since the first faltering steps into
this realm of politics, there have been
several occasions to watch the two men
in their campaigns. Even there, in that
campaigning, there are marked dif¬
ferences that can be taken as an
indication of their sincerity and honesty
regarding the gay vote.

Moscone is reported to believe that
he has the gay vote in his back pocket
(Sentinel 2/25/75) and is conducting
his*campaign accordingly.

Senator Marks has made no such
assumption and is still working for that
vote.

Senator Marks has, unless making
a presentation, consistently waived
microphone and stage, preferring to
walk thru the crowd. (Empress

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Moscone has consistently “per¬
formed” from the stage.

Senator Marks has attended gay
functions even when he has not been
participating in the on-stage events.

Moscone, has not.

Senator Marks goes thorugh a
crows and introduces himself to those
there.

Moscone has not gotten off stage
long enough to introduce himself to
anyone.

Senator Marks will come to YOU
to solicit your vote.

Moscone has gone to what he
believes are the community leaders to
get them to deliver your vote for him.

\ Senator Marks will sit on a bar stool
next to you to have a drink and rap, or
sit at a table of gays at dinner and rap.

Moscone, even on stage at the
Cable Car Awards (Bimbo’s 2/2/75)
pulled about four feet away from
Michelle, and kept a “respectable
distance.”

Senator Marks has, in addition to
attending gay functions, in turn ex¬
tended invitations to gays to attend
essentially straight functions.

Has Moscone extended such
invitations?

Senator Marks brings his wife and
kids to the affairs he attends.

Moscone has apparently decided
to spare his family these more gruesome
aspects of politics and bears his cross
alone - if he attends at all.

Senator Marks made his first
announcement of his candidacy at the
. Round Up.

' Has Moscone ever even been in a
gay bar?

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from the gays in San Francisco in this
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meet him.

I’ve seen or heard of no such
appeal from Moscone.

Needless to say, it would be
redundant to state where my own
support is going. The question is, where
is your support going?

You owe it to yourself - and us --
to become aware of the various
candidates and their efforts. Wherever
your support eventually goes, you
should start NOW to get around to the
various events that candidates will be
attending to hear what they have to say
and how they say it. You should begin
now to formulate your opinion, ask
questions and appraise for yourself how
you feel the candidates will treat us.
You should start NOW because over
the next few months you are going to
get hit with so much political input that,
come November, it could very well be
all but impossible for you to decide
whom to vote for and who holds, in
reality, your interest, rather than who is
just playing you with rhetoric.

We’ve had two consecutive pres¬
idential travesties -- Johnson and the
Viet Nam War; Nixon and Watergate
-- because people did hot know their
candidates, or did not care. Many of our
rights have been eroded through the
use of “Might makes right” and the
single most precious right, and weapon,
we have left is our right to vote and
work for preferred candidates.

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Brother Bizarre’s Gaze

By Mark Owens

Ronnie
the Empress

ONCE UPON A TIME, in the little
village of Queensville, there lived a little
Queen named Ronnie. Now Ronnie
wasn’t like the other Queens. While the
other Queens were content to go to the
bars, have a few drinks, dance for a
while and maybe pick up a trick or two
along the way, Ronnie was something
of an extrovert; he wanted to be more
important than that. Ronnie wanted to
stand out from all the rest of the Queens
in a way that would mak6 him unique.

To do it, Ronnie figured he needed
a handle of some sort, and being the
extrovert that he was, it had to be
gaudiest, tackiest handle he could think
of. So he thought and thought and
thought, until he found the gaudy,

tacky handle he was looking for. From
now on, he was going to call himself
Empress Ronnie!

☆ ☆

Well, every Empress needs an
Emperor, and they both have to have
their own Royal Courts, so before long,
Ronnie had a pretty sizable following.
Others caught on and joined in, only
using different titles such as Prince” &
’’princess. ” Then the Boozeguzzler Bar
& Grill started a whole new trend by
holding a competition, the winner of
which 'would be crowned “Mr. Booz-
guzzler, ” and before long, every bar had
its own personality-in-residence. Then it
started catching on in neighboring
villages, until it got to a the point that
anybody who was anybody had a title,
nickname or monicker of some sort.

Then Empress Ronnie, always the
innovater, published the first bar-Queen
newspaper, in which he made up
deliciously juicy scandals about every¬
body, and everybody soon picked up

on that as well.

Everybody was happy (especially
Ronnie, who thought the whole thing
up), and for a while things couldn’t have
been better....until one day when
Ronnie’s brother rached legal Queen-
age and wanted a title of his own.
Ronnie thought and thought and
thought—and, try as hard as he could,
he couldn’t think of a new title! They all
had been used! He went to the
members of his Court, the Emperor and
his Court, the staff of his newspaper and
everyone he met—and they couldn’t
think of one either! So Ronnie’s own
brother had to go without a title.

In the neighboring villages, the
news spread like wildfire. “Some
Empress!” they would snort disgustidly.
“Why, her own brother is a nobody!”
“how can she be anything important
if....” and so on. Ronnie’s fcourt
dropped their Empress like a dead rat
and went about their business, leaving
Ronnie alone and despondent. Even¬
tually, he was run over by a Vaseline
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Editorial

THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER FROM ASSEMBLY-
MEMBER JOHN F. FORAN. WE THINK IT IM¬
PORTANT ENOUGH TO REPRINT IN TOTO, AND
HOPE SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF THE COM¬
MUNITY WILL DO AS URGED, AND WRITE THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUTE SHOWN BELOW.

Dear Friends:

I am sure that you are all aware of the recent victory for
the gay community with the passage of AB-849, the
consenting adults legislation through the Assembly.

However, this does cause a number of dangers to
surface in regard to my AB-633 which will eliminate
discrimination against Gay people seeking jobs. First there is
a danger that the Gay community will let down their guard
and not pursue AB-849 through the Senate. Secondly, the
Gay community may believe that my AB-633 will be passed
easily by the Assembly. This is not so.

I gave a strong speech on the floor of the Assembly in
support of AB-849, and there has been a blizzard of
conservative reaction into my office. I don’t have a problem
dealing with this kind of reaction; however, many of my
colleagues in the Assembly may.

I am therefore urging you to make a concerted effort at
lobbying AB-633. It is set before the Assembly Labor
Relations Committe on April 7th at 2:00 P.M. in
Sacramento.

Please write letters to the Members of the Labor
Relations Committee. If you have been discriminated
against, please tell the Committee Members about it when
you write. Thank you.

Sincerely,

s/s John Francis Foran

MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY LABOR RELATIONS
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Bill Green, Chairman (D) Howard Berman (D)

A1 Siegler (D) Jack Fenton (D)

William Craven (R) Mike Antonovich(R)

Richard Alatorre (D) John Briggs (R)

Ken Meade (D) Vincent Thomas (D)

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Meet Carole Cook
and Tom Troupe

by Donald McLean

“You look like a big elf!”

Now, no one has ever told me
before I look like an elf, not even my
mother in my cutest bearskin days, so
when the 5’5” flaming redhead leading
lady of Father’s Day, Carole Cook,
greets me right off with this startling
announcement, I know it’s going to be
a wild interview. Actually, my interview
with Carole and Tom should be in
boxed volumes, like Proust. With a
mouth that stops once every fifteen
minutes for breath, Carole can do 40
minutes on any given subject, and is the
first person I’ve ever met who talks in
punchlines. Carole Cook doesn’t try to
be funny, she genuinely IS funny. Tom
Troupe, director/actor of Father’s Day,
is an amiable Italian from Kansas City,
Missouri, who enjoys sitting back and
allowing his wife centerstage as much as
anyone (she is his best press agent; her
conversation is peppered with ad¬

Carole

miration of her husband and his work,
despite what you will hear later on). No
professional rivalry for these two. They
have just celebrated 12 years of
marriage, are totally devoted to each
other, both sharp as tacks and highly
intelligent, and both possesing a sense
of humor about themselves and the
world around them that is hilarious.

Tom

Take, for instance, Carole’s des¬
cription of their wedding - Tom - “She
didn’t want to get married. I had to talk
her into it. I wanted a very quiet little
wedding...well, so did Carole really.”
Carole - “I said no, we’re going to do
the whole Grace Kelly bit... .and we did.
I went to this church, and I was a little
embarassed about being an actress.
They didn’t have the regular minister.
Now, 1 know what the Baptist church is
like. I mean, if you ask them to put on a
suit, they think you’ve gone Catholic. I
took off all my makeup, pure as the
driven slush, and I said ‘You see, I’m
getting married’ and I didn’t want a big
laugh on that line. He said ‘Yes. Now,
I’m not the regular minister, I’m the
interim minister and I’m getting my
Masters at UCLA.’ And I thought ‘Oh!’
cause he was so much younger than I’d
anticipated. He said ‘What do you do?’
and I said ‘Well, we’re actors’ and he
said ‘How wonderful!!’ And I said ‘Do
you have a tux?’ and I thought just a
business suit to put on. And he said, “I
think it would be wonderful since you’re
wearing a long train, and I have a white
vestment with wide lace on it.’ And I
went ‘I don’t want you to be prettier
than I am!’ I mean, let’s not get carried
away. Well By God, if he didn’t. He was
one of the new ring-dingy ones. And he
did look prettier than I did. And I have
all . these friends who are interior
decorators, they said ‘Carole, we’ll fix
up your church.’ Well, they ripped out
the choir seats, they put in upside down
chandaliers, it looked like I was doing
‘Ziegfield Follies.’ And I had 12
Groomsmen and one Matron of Honor,
and that happened to be Lucille Ball, so

14

Tom Troupe & Carole Cook.

get the picture? 1 think I made a big
mistake. Everybody’s gonna go ‘How
did the bride look?’ and they go ‘Who
cares! Lucy was there!’ Ray Aghayan
and Bob Mickie were at NBC then and
they said they’d do my wedding veil.
Well, it was as big as....I was going to
wear something simple....it reached
from here to the damned front door!!”
Tom - “I didn’t recognize her because
she didn’t wear lipstick and I’d never
seen her without makeup. And that
veil. I kept going, ‘Carole, are you in
there?’ It was really peculiar. And my
son by my first marriage was our
ringbearer. He was 5 years old, and he
was carrying the ring on a pillow and
from downstairs you could hear them
coming up the stairs and suddenly,
clink, clink.” Carole - “That little
midget dropped the ring!”

Tom’s first wife is affectionately
referred to by Carole as “Crazy Sally” --
“She is crazy about me. That’s how
bananas she is! She says if Tom hadn’t
married you, I would have! 1 I said, ‘If
you touch me...!’ She’s seen Father’s
Day three times and loves it. I’m telling
you, she adores me. I said, “Sally, I’m
not kidding about this, if I said the things
about me I say about you, I’d run me
through.’ She says, ‘Oh, Carole, you’re
so funny.’ And I say, ‘You’re a very sick
lady!’ And she’s been in analysis 15
years...and not well yet. I said ‘Don’t
you ever graduate?’ The blind leading
the blind; she’s going to become a
therapist. Well, it’s a cockamamie
therapist. It’s not like you go to medical
school, It’s where you go to Epsalon
and get naked and bow to the wind, it’s
that kind of therapy.”

Father’s Day; is a comedy about

divorce, with Tom playing Carole’s
ex-husband onstage. Offstage, Carole
confidently says, “This is my first and
only marriage. I just look like I’ve been
around the block a couple times, my
husband, who looks very darling, had
been around the block. Miss Rush
(Barbara Rush, her co-star) has been
around the block three times, and
interviewers have a tendency to look at
me and say ‘Talk about your marriages.’

It burns me up. I, so far, am the purest
one on that stage! That is the truth, my
darling, so you can tell what a stretch it
is for me, that part.”

Carole takes a brief pause for a sip
of coffee, and I quickly ask Tom (who is
a great audience for his wife) about
Father’s Day;. “I think it’s a play about
letting go. I think the good divorce is
you say, this is it, okay, goodbye, the
end. But the trouble with those women
in this play is they don’t want to let go. I
feel an obligation to this play. I think it
should be seen by as many people as
possible. We were offered a chance to
do it on NET (television), and we turned
it down at the time because at that time,
we thought we might have the rights to
the movie. Barbara (Rush, also pro¬
ducer of the play) wanted to produce
the movie, but it didn’t happen.
Universal bought the rights. It’s a very
fragile play. This is the first and last time
I’ll ever direct. Originally, I was not in it;
to direct and act at the same time is
sheer suicide. I wouldn’t advise it to
anyone. I think the reason we’ve been
successful and other productions have
not been successful is because of our
cast. I learned one big thing as a
director. 90% of it is in the casting. I
don’t think there’s another play that
excites me that much to direct. I love to
be directed, I love,, directors. I would
love to work with (Francis Ford)
Coppola. When I see his films and I see
the performances that he gets out of
people, he must be brilliant. Something
he says must work.. .The proudest thing
I’ve done so far was the one-man show I
did, Diary; of A Madman, which became
a movie called Sofi! It was a Gogol short
story we adapted for the stage, and I did
it for several years. It’s really not that
exhausting, because I don’t have any
other responsibilities except to myself.
Somehow, when you’re onstage with
other people or directing, you have so
much responsibility. The movie won the
Atlanta Film Festival Award, but it had
no commercial booking because the
producer went bankrupt and the film
was seized. Now I’m being asked to do
an NET version of it later this year for
educational television. I think the worst
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play I’ve ever been in in my life was a
Ray Bradbury play titled Leuiathin 21. It
was a nightmare. I knew I never should
have done it in the first place. It was a
takeoff on Moby Dick in space; now,
you’re in deep trouble right away! That
was the lowpoint of my career.”

The highpoint of Carole’s career,
prior to Father’s Day, was when she
won the title role in Hello Dolly; right
after it opened on Broadway in the
Australian company. She was the
second Dolly Levi after Channing and
played the show for 2 years Down
Under. “I think our idols are Alfred Lunt
and Lynn Fontanne. See, nobody cares
that much anymore. I love all that
attention to detail and never letting
down. The day I closed Dolly;, which
Tom did’t direct, he just saw it five
million times, the day I closed in
Australia, may God strike me dead, two
years I’m doing it, I come off to
tumultuous applause, he said ‘Carole,
in the hat shop scene, you did too much
with the bag.’ some little bit. I said
‘What?!’ I did what? We are closed, two
years, I’ve been a big hit, how dare you
give me a note! I am finished with this
show!’ He said, ‘No, you’ll do it again
sometime, and when you do, don’t do
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A lot of people are talented. I think what
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between your best and your worst,
yhour batting avergae, that’s what we’re
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but doing it 9 times out of 10 instead of
3 out of 10. That’s artistry.” Carole is
recognizable to television viewers for
her many appearances on Merv Griffin,
Carole Crenshaw on McMillan and Wife
and as Walter’s first wife on Maude
(“Tom does a lot more television than I
do. He plays things like child molesters
with heart, always that pathos going
for him.”) She refers to her husband
continually on the Griffin Show as “The
depressed Italian.” Tom — “I love it,
because there’s a great deal of truth, but
there’s so many people who do think
she’s dead serious.” Carole - “His aunt
said he was always a happy little boy. I
said ‘Well, he grew up... and got
morose!” Capricorn Carole and Cancer
Tom - “I’m more the optimist, he’s
more of a pessismist.”

Carole’s career has been a varied
one (she was the singing voice of Lucille
Ball for years when Lucy really had to
sing on T.V., pre-Mame). Her film
career consists of two memorable
classics of mediocrity, The Incredible
Mr. Limpet with Don Knotts and th e

immortal Palm Springs Weekend.
“People are always coming up to
Barbara and saying ‘I’ve seen all your
movies.’ Then they turn to me and say
‘I’ve seen all yours too.’ I say ‘That took
about two hours, didn’t it?’ When
Connie Stevens said to Ty Hardin, ‘I’m
going back to Hollywood High and be
16 again!’, well...my teeth fell out. Even
Connie Stevens would have to giggle
over that line. That’s not ever fair, to ask
an actress to say that.”

Tom has done several films,
including The Devil's Brigade (Tom —
“another Palm Springs Weekend, ex¬
cept in the army.”)When filming Kelly's
Heroes with Clint Eastwood in Yugo¬
slavia, Don Rickies dubbed Tom and
Carole “The Kid and The Showgirl.”
Carole - “Don would say, ‘Let’s go
down to the bar and watch the flies die
on Clint Eastwood’s nose.’ They
always said, ‘Tom, how do you stay so
young looking?’ And me, when I was in
Europe, I wore the high heels, I don’t
own a pair of low heels, I think they’re
trash and butch and I don’t wear them,
and I’m in the fuck-me shoes, the red
hair flying and the capes. I dress the
way I dress. I was doing my own thing
before it was popular. It got me out of
Abeline, Texas, on an unchartered bus!
It wasn’t too whoopee then. And so

they called us ‘the kid and the showgirl’.
Don would say, ‘Sure, Tom, you’re
laughing your head off - it’s a war
picture and they’re in the mud and all -
‘You’re laughing in the mud; mean¬
while, you’ve got Jean Harlow up there
in the room in the Carole Lombard
clothes going ‘Broadway!!’ ”

It’s really a great description of
them. The racy redhead frankly admits
her limitations in the kitchen. “I don’t
cook. I’m very neat, but I do not cook
and I’m proud of it. When we got
married, Tom said ‘I don’t care if you
don’t cook if you won’t make me
change lightbulbs (Tom - “I really have
no talent for anything like that”), so we
go to a lot of dark restaurants. We are
invited to dinner a great deal. I said
‘Well, we must be doing something
right, because they know they’re not
going to get repaid.’ I just figure we’re
both so darling, that’s all, and I’m proud
of it. Don’t give it a second thought, my
dear. Don’t think I will ever learn to
cook; did very well for 12 years without
it. Couldn’t be happier. I can split a
frankfurter down the middle and put
cheese and wrap bacon around it; that’s
very tasty....but tiring for three meals a
day. I don’t want to get my nail polish
ruined.” Tom adds, “Barbara is a great
cook, not just good, but great cook, so
she has us to dinner a lot.” Carole -
“Turnabout is fair play. I do a floorshow
and she does the cooking!”

My sides are beginning to ache
from laughing so hard and so long.
Carole knows she has found a great
audience in me. We have spent over
two hours together, and I have enough
short stories to do a short novel on
them. Tom is one of the nicest
gentlemen I’ve ever met, and Carole
defies description. But beneath the
quips and laughter is a very serious
pulse to these two; their work is
tremendously important to them and
they both strive individually and
together to reach higher and higher
levels of achievement. Their marital
harmony is best illustrated when Carole
threatens to walk naked through the
hotel lobby and Tom nonchalantly says,
“Go ahead!” But carry on though she
may, Carole’s innate good taste would
prevent her from actually doing any¬
thing quite so bizarre. They’re fun
people who manage to function on
several levels simultaneously. Carole is
nominated currently for the L.A. Critics
Award for her performance in Father’s
Day , against such heady competition as
Angela Lansbury, Coleen Dewhurst
and Maggie Smith. Actresses do not
reach such illustrious company as these

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ladies by being bubble-headed frothy
comediennes. Father’s Day has opened
doors for both of them; for Tom as the
director of a hit show, having never
directed before in his life, and Carole as
an actress of depthy and stature. Two
completely honest, delightful hard¬
working actors carving another nicjie in
the show biz ladder.

And as a final thought, Carole
turns to me, archs one eyebrow and
says: “You’re ankle-strap through and
through...with little plastic heels...with
live fish in them....tawdry and cheap!!”

Now, how could anyone resist
someone who tells them they’re a big elf
ankle-strap through and through? Not
me! ☆

Show Biz In Review

By Donald McLean

The American
Ballet Theatre

Even Mayor Alioto and his wife
turned out for the opening of the
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE, and
were rewarded with a generally glitter¬
ing array of well-chosen ballets and fine
soloists. The corps de ballet was
especially sloppy opening night, but
managed to get it together four nights
later when I made a return visit, though
La Bayadere seems just beyond them.
The vital sharp, clean lines so necessary
for good ensemble work were never
quite there. Ivan Nagy partnered both
Cynthia Gregory and Gelsey Kirkland in
the two Bayaderes caught; with Miss
Gregory, it was like seeing two finely
meshed timepieces dancing together,
with Miss Kirkland, the pas de deux was
a disaster, though both shown in¬
dividually.

Duke Ellington’s music and Alvin
Ailey’s choreography made The River
the opening night highpoint, the
company rising to the occasion brilli¬
antly, with Deborah Dobson and
Marth.e Van Hamel exceptionally com¬
pelling. Concerto was a pleasant
piece, but a poor aftermath to The
River. Etudes, a staple of ABT, was a
magnificent showcase for the company,
tracing the development of ballet from
the basic five positions to virtuoso
soloes. Eleanor D’Antuono was spell¬
binding, even though partnered by
Jonas Kage, who seems to have trouble
just walking, much less dancing.

Fernando Bujones leapt away with
top honors both evenings, dancing with
the exquisite Naltalia Makarova the Le
Corsaire Pas de Deux to deserved
bravos and again scoring a dazzling
personal victory in Etudes — he
possesses the power and theatricality
that creates Nureyev’s and is well on his
way to becoming one of the finest

work by Jean Cocteau, choreographed
athletically by Roland Petit, Rudy
Bryans gave The Young Man and
Death validity simply for the op¬
portunity of seeing this masterfully
accomplished dancer on loan from the
Ballet de Marseilles.

The long overdue return of the
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE to
San Francisco was well worth the wait -
to see the crisp perfection of a
Makarova or D’Antuono or the soaring
excitement generated by Bujones and
Bryans sweeps all minor complaints
before it. For balletomanes, ABT
offered a varied fare of general
excellence.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Marlene (there’s only one) returns
to the VENETIAN ROOM of the
Firmont March 27th thru April 6th, 9:30
& Midnight nightly except Mondays.
Need I say more? You’re either an
ardent Dietrich fan or you’re not.

Barbara Cook, Broadway musical
comedy star, will bring her smash
Carnagie Hall Concert to the Geary
Theater only on Sun., April 13th, at 8
P.M. Tickets now available at S.F.
Ticket Center, 224 O’Farrell.

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Films In Review

The Great
Waldo Pepper

After last year’s disastrous Gatsby,
Robert Redford redeems himself with
this film. Under the astute direction of
George Roy Hill (The Sting), The Great
Waldo Pepper is not great but certainly
good, with some of the most exciting
aerial photography you’ll ever see. It’s
about a stunt pilot barnstorming in the
20’s right after World War I whose ideal
was to be a flying ace. The first 30
minutes of the film are extremely funny,
then it takes a sudden 180 degrees turn
for the dramatic and offers one of
Redford’s favorite themes — courage of
the individualist. The Redford charm is
back in full force, with outstanding
performances by Bo Svenson as his
competition-turned-partner and Bo
Brundin as the idol whom he finally
meets and challanges. It’s a tricky
combination of humor and personal
statement, but the overall excellence of
the talents involved make it work for the
most part. Wlado pepper is definitely
worth a visit.

take after hours of flying rural customers in the
Wild Blue.

Shampoo

If I was to say I think Shampoo,
starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie,
Goldie Hawn and Lee Grant, is one of
the biggest pieces of excrement I’ve
seen, I would probably be drawn and
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Julie Christie a chance to give one of
her best portrayals since Darling. Beatty
produced and co-authored this sluggish
comedy about an oversexed hairdresser
who performs stud service for half the
ladies in Beverly Hills. If you agree with
Mr. Beatty that he’e one of the sexiest
men in films today, then maybe
Shampoo will visually satisfy you. If you
don’t think that will be sufficient reason,
take along a good book and a flashlight!

& Ebb numbers is excellent, though the
Great Day production number seems
stuck in just to satisfy Streisand fans with
little regard for Miss Brice. Ben Vereen
scores a winning moment with the Clap
Hands number, and Omar Sharif
returns briefly as Nicky Arnstein,
exuding seedy grandeur. There is a
fifteen minute montage of a disastrous
opening night that is a gem of hilarity;
aided by a solid script and socko
direction, Funny Lady is a total triumph
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The sequal to Funny Girl zooms Barbra
Streisand right back to top superstar¬
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films. Miss Streisand is miraculous as
Fanny Brice at the peak of her career,
and director/choreographer Herbert
Ross has found the perfect leading man
to play the dynamo producer Billy
Rose, James Caan, turning in the best
performance of his career to date. The
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Features

Letter From

Dear Tom

Have you been collecting rainwater
for your houseplants? I put a bucket
under the downspout the other day and
got a couple of gallons, which I’ve been
giving everything in the house. Your
plants will love you for the treat.

I made a stew the other night, and
for a little change I put in a handful of
raisins. It tasted really good; they
deepen the flavor some way, and it only
takes a few. Too many would make the
dish taste sweet, I think, so I used about
a quarter of a cup or so. A half-can of
beer is also a good addition. There’s a
type of stew that the Belgians make with
only three ingrediants: onions, stew
meat, and beer for all the liquid. The
meat is so tender when it’s served that
one hardly needs to chew. And it’s
delicious.

I started spring cleaning a couple of
days ago, and I’m gradually doing the
entire place with polish and scrubbing.
My old trick of putting a tee shirt over

Mole End

the broom for dusting ceiling and
walls, especially the stairwell, also
comes in handy for the chandelier
chains. All the light fixtures in the flat
hang and the chains get really bad, but I
hate getting out the ladder just for that,
so the broom-and-tee-shirt comes in
handy.

I’m afraid I got lazy when it came
time to do the little rugs, and hung them
on the laundry line in the rain.
Surprisingly, they washed very clean,
and dried beautifully, soft and sweet
smelling. And the big ones are going to
be swept with damp tea leaves, and
then scrubbed with sauerkraut. I think
I’ll do it on Monday or Tuesday night,
so they can air before the weekend, but
the sauerkraut is definitely valuable in
cleaning them. It seems to brighten the
colors, and doesn’t leave a residue the
way regular carpet shampoo does.
Obviously, I won’t get the carpets too
wet when I scrub them down. Just the
sauerkraut is damp enough by itself to
pick up the dirt, without pouring on the
juice too.

I decided this year I was not going
to kill myself cleaning, so it’s happening
one room at a time. Thank goodness for
that floor polisher. I tried using a
Turkish towel and a brick for polishing
the living room floor one time, and after
I was thoroughly exhausted, the wood
still wasn’t shiny. The whole process
was a stone drag. I hate to think what
Victorian housekeepers had to go
through to get a good shine. Adding
vinegar to the polish is supposed to
help, but it’s not enough without an
electric polisher.

When you dump the ashes from
your fireplace, I hope you’re putting
them on the garden and watering them
in. Lawns especially like wood ash, but
it’s also good for your vegetables. Is
your chard growing as. well as it did last
year? What are your flowers doing ?
Rose bushes and other wintering plants
are putting out their new growth now.
There’s a beautiful pink camellia in
blossom over on Twenty-Ninth Street,
and about the only thing I’ve seen so far
is not yet budding is hawthorn, which
ought to be coming out pretty soon.

Last Monday was accident night.
After I burnt my hand when the water
heater exploded (I really must wear an
asbestor potholder mitt when I light that
damn thing), a stack of glass dishware
fell on the other hand, so that I was
simultaneously burning and bleeding,
and then dinner caught fire in the
broiler, at which point I gave up on all
the evening’s projects altogether. How¬
ever, I did later discover that the people
at the emergency room of UC Medical
Center are very nice -- the doctor was
hot for days; he almost made me
forget the pain.

If it ever stops raining here, and I
know you are not having that difficulty,
there are quantities of seeds to sow.
Everything from hollyhocks to okra, the
most maligned vegetable I know of.
When I mention that I’m planning to put
in okra, everyone makes disgusted
faces and/or noises, but lightly steamed
and served with butter and a drop of
lemon it’s a delightsome thing. Maybe
people are reacting to the sliminess that
develops when okra is cooked for
more than about thirty seconds?

Can you wait for the first day of
spring? I want a photograph of you
flying a kite in the park, on rollerskates
maybe, to hang on the wall (comb your
hair and spray it to death).

Have you discovered yet that

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hard-boiled egg and cottage cheese are
good for your cat? My two love that
kind of little pampering and it’s good for
thier fur, too. They send you their love
(please note the absence of pawprints
on the bottom of the letter), as I do.

Hanging on,

The Mole

Meet Herman

by Denise D’Anne

PERSONALITY PLUS...

Herman Nieve, a fashion designer,
hair stylist, make-up artist and gourmet,
is a product of San Francisco and one of
the gay community’s outstanding fash¬
ion tone setters. Herman, a modest and
self-effacing person has been respon¬
sible for lifting the art of clothing female
impersonators from a drab mishmash of
Salvation Army rejects to Parisian-style
high fashion. His accomplishments are
not limited to that of coutourier
excellent but take in the whole range of
producing a near perfect female illusion.
The hair, make-up as well as the
accessories are all important ingredients
in the unbelievable transformation of
even the most rugged, masculine male
into a svelt, delicate and appealing
female counterpart.

Herman first practiced the art on
himself and soon became the envy of
those males witha penchant for satis¬
fying the needs of their multifaceted
personalities.

It had taken many years for
Herman himself to come out of the
closet of stultifying societal ridigity and
its hammerlock mores. It took him even
longer to realize the multiplicity of
talents laying dormant within his being.
A tragic accident and an excruciatingly
painful recovery physically and mentally
brought out his near-genius talents
along with full acceptance of himself as
a human being of substantial worth.
Herman was once employed as a
printer when he suffered the loss of two
of his fingers. He was married at the
time and supporting a child. Where
others would have used this handicap
as an excuse to drop out, Herman
pursued a career that required unusual
dexterity. He studied fashion design
and hair styling. His natural talents were
thus enhanced to the benefit of himself
and thegay culture. Herman launched
into his career with fervor, unselfishly
helping the worthy friend and the
sometimes callous acquaintance who
took full advantage of his kind nature.
But he has reaped public acclaim,

winning innumerable awards from the
gay community for himself as well as for
others. He has been in the forefront as a
designer of costumes for glittering stage
productions both gay and straight and
has clothes and made-up many first
prize winners of the gay balls and
events. His talents have reached out
and into the straight culture where he
has coiffed, designed and sewn cloth¬
ing, and did cosmetic wonders for such
notable women as Cathy Crosby,
Angelina Alioto and others.

Herman, with his valuable talents,
selfless concern for others, is not only a
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TWO QUICKIES ON “SEXTOOL”

1) Sextool by Fted Halsted was shown
once at the Powell St. Cinema, or
whatever it’s called. It never showed
again, for various reasons.

The film’s technical aspect was
pretty good, color, 35mm, the sound,
so-so. Fred was being a bit arty, a la
Clockwork Orange (somewhat) and
Fellini (almost, not quite).

I went under the erroneous
impression that it was going to be a
heavy S&M thing...having been told
that by someone at the theatre...so
three of us went and would take turns
looking in case it got messy. It didn t.

There was the ritual fist fucking
scene, one rape, lots of Onanism, a
trick scene and one drag from Hawaii
who mentioned that her mother was
out working the day the bombs dropped
on Pearl Harbor...and there was Fred
(“Hi. I’m Fred.” “Fred who?”) there in
flesh and on screen.. .looking like one of
the Sha-Na-Na’s.

The film wasn’t messy like Poole’s
Moving! and really didn’t have any real
turn-on scenes...no hot sex, and thats
why I went. I mean, I could have gone
to some of the heavy Folsom St. places
and seen more or less the same thing.
Granted, I had a pass, but god damn, if
I were going to shell out good money, I
want something back - good honest
earthy, not arty, SEX. Otherwise I
would have gone to the tubs. Such is
life. 'b

2) Who is Fred Halsted trying to kid?
(Fred Halsted, maybe?)

Masturbation fantasies do not a
porno movie make. Nor do original
music scores (Satie) that start intense
and go noplace. Nor do close-up shots
of pimpled asses. Nor do voice tracks
that were recorded at the bottom of a
well.

What does make a good porno
movie? A debatable point, surely, but

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People , Places And Things (or Just Plain Gossip)

To say that Aries folk are indiscreet
is putting it kindly. They are completely
unable to hold their tongues and are
mystified by those who can (they don’t
know what to make of Scorpios, who
hate to tell anyone anything, like what
time it is).

In youth, the wild-eyed energy and
honesty of Aries has a certain appeal,
but in their older days, their basic
craziness shines through. Because they
get entangled in their own fanticism, not
as many become famous as you might
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Sweetlips Sez

Watch for the Game of the season.. .the
Kokpit vs. Jackson’s... how will they
get Fern away from a bar to play.. .Bella
as short stop my, my....Jay, you were
doing a good job...thank you again
Jimmy Quinn... .the game is on Sunday
the 13th of April...don’t miss it.☆
Stop in during the day and say hello to
‘Clint’ at Buzzby’s a really hunky guy
and a fun person behind the bar...
Chuck Enfinger is back ‘tending bar at
Buzzby’s’ three nites a week...how is
Billy, Chuck?

Now available for employment: Bounti¬
ful Beautiful Bouncing Baby Bette
Bonko. ■&

Don’t forget the Fifth Hanging of

Sweet Lips... a three day event...you
can get your programs at the Kokpit

.starts on Monday the 31st, and goes

on and on. Even Fat Shirley of Data
Boy-fame will be there....but she’ll take
up the space of four guests.... ☆

Quote from Mike Dooley: “It’ll be the
first time that Fern ever won anything...
if and that is IF.. Jackson’s wins. ☆
Seems as if someone is again sending
‘poinson pen letters’.. .too bad you don’t
sign your real name ‘Jocker’ or are you
ashamed of the crap that you write. ☆
Happy belated Birthday, Ursula.. .how
are things at the Truck Stop. ☆

A fun, fun St. Patrick’s Day at the On
The Q.T.... Larry, you were beautiful...
and the corned beef and cabbage was
delicious...you really have the act
together Warren. ☆

Thank you Mel Square for paying the
Lips the ten dollars....you are a true
‘Armenian.’ Thank you Bella, of
Bella’s World... 431-1283...for the
beautiful orchid plant...you truly are a
beautiful person, no matter what Willis
says about you. ☆

The Ramrod seems to be the ‘IN’
South of Market these days...really
great hunky people and lots of good fun
movies...thank you Ralph Rotten and
George Wilbern. ☆

Aries, March 21 to April 20. The
astrology book tells us that Aries people
are strong-willed and natural leaders,
which is a pretty way of saying pig¬
headed and bossy. They are quite
incapable of doing things someone
else’s way and proceed on their own
course even as the iceberg looms dead

ahead—they are unable to admit the
error of their ways even when the
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think, considering their high opinion of
themselves.

Some do. Adolf Hitler was an
Aries. And Bismarck, known to his dear
one as The Iron Chancellor. And Van
Gogh, with his ear in an envelope.

Nice to see Fred Skau moonlighting at
the *P.S. last Sunday nite...seems as if
your vacation has done you a lot of
good, Freddie. ☆

Mama Peck of the Roadrunner has
opened a ‘fun’ room....but understand
that she was 86’d from it, wonder why?
Don’t forget the 40-40’s Revue and a
Hello Again Jimmy Quinn. ☆

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1975 at the newly refurbished

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567 Sutter Street, in San Francisco,
*Outrageous costumes, of course.

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Bette Bonko.

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Polk St.

By Dixon

SPRING CLEANING:

Heavens. Thought winter was busy?
Man! Wait till you see the schedule for
this spring. It runs right into the deep
summer....slopping over into autumn.
You heard me. Slopping. However,
most of these events brething down our
necks, are most important to all
members of the gay community, active
or inactive, closet, barliving-hopping,
etc.,etc. Aside from certain bar bus-
iness-goosing-up events, monies raised
from this slate of activities coming up
will go into preservation, betterment,
advancement, and, in one case, the
creation of existing agencies who have
declared to the world that along with
taking care of “them,” we can certainly
take care of our own. To name just a
few: Helping Hands ** S.I.R. **
Operation Concern * * Golden Gate
Liberation House * * M.C.C. Church,
and the list goes on & on. Keep an eye
out for advertisements and see you
there. Remember, if we won’t take care
of your own, who will????

PAST TENSE:

What a sight for sore eyes &
blasted eardrums... .lovely Empress
Maxine VIII of the New Bell Saloon,
escorted by Royal Guards & ac¬
companied by a bevy of graceful
beauties performing a wonderfully
entertaining Hawaiian show at the
Rendezvous’s 13 Anniversary cele¬
bration. Forgotten how nice & easy
Island music is on the ears. It was grand!
For all you snide-nosed youngsters who
think you know how to dance & move
your bods, take a gander at the one and
only Lincoln of the Trapp, when he
dances. You’ll hide your heads in your
shoulder-bags in shame!! Almost all of
Polkstreet & Metro Downtown area

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turned out to see and applaud our
favorite Maxine. Lenny Lynn (Loony
Tune) never looked lovelier, and Ron of
the Windjammer surprised the house
by doing two authentic Hawaiian war
dances...male, of course. Congrat¬
ulations to Curt of the Nickelodeon &
the Kalendar for his stunning success on
the “rags to riches” auction. The
Nickelodeon is perfect for this type of
fund-raiser. This money, $2,000.00,
which was raised, will go for the
community gay building the SFTG is
seeking to buy. There were so many
people there, I won’t list any. But a fat
thank you to Randy Johnson (Hyah,
Hon), Rod of the Mistake, La Kish of
the Kalendar & the Purple Pickle,
and all you folks who attended to the
behind-the-scene chores!! Incidentally,
Curt is now working with me, Gary &
Jerry during lunch at the *P.S. This is
one cool, foureyed luv. My other
buddy, Marcus I, the former Marcella,
the waitress, had to return to City Hall.
Could have sworn the King mumbled
something about Angelina.

LA TRIVIATA:

A wild catering outfit called
“Nobody’s Business” operated by
blonde Tom Daniel of the Q.T. and one
Hugo Nichols. These two attractive lads
will cater your food, serve your hooch
and swab out the ashtrays. For
something a bit more elegant, how
about liver pate sculpted? Ice sculpture?
And, for the grand slam, a three piece
chamber orchestra, playing Bach,
Vivaldi, and “Run through the jungle”
upon request. Another cup of gin,
m’dear?????? ☆

What were Barbra Ball & Greta
Grass doing on a sidewalk bench at the
corner of Mission & 17th Sts. at three
o’clock in the afternoon? Sitting on

exact opposite ends of the bench.

The “Old Timers” night at the
Rendezvous was a gas. My nephew,
Rodney, is pulling out all stops to make
this club roar again. And, obviously,
Rod is succeeding. Give ’em hell, kid!
The funny question making the rounds
that night at the Rendezvous, “How
dare you? What do you mean I’m older
than you!”

Wanna see a little imp in breathing
color? I mean Jr of the House of
Harmony. Happy to see Jr back on the

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At The Piano Bar: PHIL & JERRY Sunday Afternoon 3 til 7 P.M.

MEET ME At
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gulch. Jr was showing movies of the trip
to Hawaii he took recently. If you’re
interested, Jr has a mole 6 inches below
his navel to his right. Love him!

Well, look who’s here? Our own
Archie of the *P.S. & the Wharf.

Archie does his thing professionally as
Mrs. Olsen of the telly Olsens. Arch has
been on no a no booze diet. Driving his
roomie, Mark, crazy. All of his friends
take turns standing guard when he’s out
of the apartment. By the way, if you’re
nice to Mrs. Olsen, she will show you
her coffee grinder!!!!! #

A CALL FOR ARMS:

And legs. And backs. And knees.
And hands. We are just about ready to
start beautifying the S.I.R. Center at 83
Sixth St. If you can donate any time,
please contact Larry Eppinette, Robert
Wiggins, or myself. As a matter of fact,
this is a perfect time to join S.I.R. so you
can become part of the many projects
this important world-wide organization
has to offer. S.I.R. is rapidly becoming
imbued with new blood; a marvelous
way to meet people and to help!

See you later, Cheers....

Sal

*P.S. Welcome back Joker...whom¬
ever you are. I understand you are up
for the Maximus Profundus spoon
award this year. ☆ ☆

Southern Scandals

By Mr. Marcus

Spring has sprung, the grass is ’riz,
do you know where South of Market is?
It’s where men meet men and when it’s
right, IGNITE. The bike clubs are doing
their “thing” with activities galore. Last
weekend, the San Franciscans M/C
Butch Brunch was jammed to capacity
with booze, buttons and a serpentinelike
line waiting to gorge on Eggs Benedict a
la Adrian with South of Market’s
Sweetheart, Ginny Lee, dishing up the
Hollandaise sauce and JoAnne playing
with everyone’s toes. The previous
afternoon, the Serpants M/C cele¬
brated their 7th Anniversary at Fe-Be’s
with a HEAVEN party and beautiful
buttons. With the Cheaters M/C
anniversary this coming Friday, the
Barbary Coasters M/C 9th An¬
niversary on Saturday and scads of
bikers heading south for the Saddle¬
backs M/C Easter Run, it should be a
hell-bent weekend for ALL of YOU. If
you survived the BLACK SABBATH
Bike Christening at the Mistake
Sunday (So sorry to hear about Mike
Hackett’s unfortunate accident, hurry

and get well - he’s at Franklin Hospital),
you made the complete round. Saw
Ken Misso of the Cheaters, looking
groovy as ever, as always - Hi Tony!

The Inter-Club Fund will stage a
Progressive Dinner again, April 11th,
Friday, with wine, before dinner drink,
salad, main entree and after dinner
drink at just as many bars. Details to
date are sketchy, but keep that date in
mind. In July, the Celebrity Auction
with autographed and personal items of
the BIGGIES from Bob Hope to
Richard Nixon will be offered. If you
want a complete list of items going,
write to Inter Club Fund, PO Box 4810,
SF 94101; you can make sealed bids in
advance so jump on this one.

Monterey Dons will stage their
2nd Spring Beer Bust on April 6 in that
city at the Ram (420 Washington St.)
with bike events, non-bike events, food,
drinks and a show for a paltry $7.50 -
sounds like a whale of a lot for such a
fee, so don’t miss this one either.

LAST WEDNESDAY at the
Ambush, a celebration for the sun and

new moon in Pisces took place that one
of the mellowest events and I know
you’re ALL sorry you missed it because
Kerry’s cabbage rolls were DIVINE and
Chris’s banana cake was exquisite...
With Jason Mallonee, Chuck Arnett,
Ken Ferguson, Kent Browne, Jim
Sterling and Ralph Will Brown in
attendance, it was the dynamite
function of the season. Hats off to the
Ambush for doing it AGAIN....San
Francisco’s mellowest bar, and HOT!

RANDOM RAMBLINGS AND
RED HOT RAP...Jack Wells of the
Purple Pickle - why were you
collecting worn Jockey Shorts last
Wednesday? Jack had to get 25 pair of
shorts off live men by midnight and got
Bob Ross, David Cafferty, and David
Paxton when they walked in for dinner?
A new fetish among fetishists?....Did
you catch the new TV series last
Thursday night called Sunshine - a
hunky dude left to raise his young
daughter and strutting right across your
television screen in tight levi’s and a Red
handkerchief sticking out of his left rear
pocket? Puh-leeze darling!...Randy
Johnson, Mark Calhoun and Richard
Novak made like the Wild Geese they
are and flew the Coop, excuse me the
Dud, excuse me, the Dude. Randy’s at
the House of Harmony with la Tony
Lasagna and his hunky boss Jerry!
Richard is still trashing at Ashbury
Bordello and Calhoun, ah, that man
Calhoun, is just resting and getting
himself together which is where he is
anyway...And JR, or RJ, has left the
Early Bird and is now flexing his
fabulous torso at Toad Hall with all
those other hunkies there including the
disc jockey who made me wait 4 hours
to hear Stevie Wonder’s Boogie on
Reggae Woman when he knows it’s the
hottest disc next to the Ohio Players’
Fire...Flash! The Joker finally emerged
from his/her muck and slime to deride,
degrade and wreck several of the
“Galaxy” but they’ll all get over it and
the Joker will get over him/her self one
of these days too - tres Tackeeee.. .Little
Ken Halter, the MOUTH of the
Ramrod took his cat Dum Dum out for
a stroll the other afternoon to the 527
Club, Ramrod and Boot Camp and
proved that even dumb animals like
Fresh Air, shame, shame, shame, on
you Kenny - Dum Dum should meet
Elizabeth T. Hepplefinger, the Mascot
for the Cycle M/C of New York - two
notorious pussies on both Coasts...
Watch for the re-incarnation of Mr. B’s
of 2nd St., to re-open on 6th & Howard
in the heart of Muscatel Meadows with

Henri LeLeu at the “meat” counter -
Pauline of the Wagon - are reading
this? Had I thought of it sooner, this
section would have read Perils of
Pauline, but I think The Return of Ray
Rule sounds better.. .And thanks to that
fabulous artiste CHUCK ARNETT for
designing my 37th Birthday Button -
only 200 will be given away at the Boot
Camp on March 27 - it’s a Thursday, so
if you haven’t got anything better to do,
drop in and have some punch while
listening to the new reel to reel tapes by
Deejay Johnny Cock and his quips pn
YOUR day to day living...Super sleuth
Bette Bonko always gets his man -
moral for the week is don’t try to steal
ashtrays from the Kokpit - I know at
least two people who hope Sweet Lips’
5th Hanging will take, but the rest of us
hope he swings on and on which he will
do; the idea of a would-be burglar at the
* P.S. trying to steal a Kokpit ashtray!...
Meet Tumblin’ Tillie Tumbleweed who
will perform at the COWBOY Conest
on June 21st - he’s out Lily’s Miss
Tomlin by a mile and a yard and is now
appearing at Lorelei’s NTouch along
with Tacky (WHO?), David and
John... Watch for a candidate for
Empress Elevin whose bird will be the
Rhode Island Red and who is alreadv a
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Queen of some repute...Henri LeLeu
asked me if the RICHMOND BANNER
is a Jewish Newspaper, but why
Henri?...Curt, of Curt’s Comer in
Kalendar is now serving lunches at the
*P.S. much to Dixon’s delight and that
marks the end of Marcella, the
waitress...Happy birthday to Mr.
Groovy Guy, Ralph Gibson tomorrow
and to John Forkey on the 27th...The
Boot Camp Fair was a BLAST! Buns,
Jockey Shorts (are you with me, Jack
Wells?), Hair fairies, big baskets and
watch in April for the BIG LICK IN and
the Golden Dildeaux Awards in May...
Looking for some funky, far out and an
occasional BJ from Ben, you must visit
the Obelisk at 526 Castro and look
Ma, they finally made the gossip
columns, but only by being tres

tackeeeeeeeeeeeee .Is Ferris

Lehman, the Membership Director of
SIR REALLY older - than Henri LeLeu?
...Does Bill McWilliams really mean it
when he says Latins are Lousy Lovers?
Join the LLL Club and now, Chicanos,
unite!....Memo for Bob White: You
better take good care of your new
acquisition or I WILL smack you and
hard....Have you tried Pineapple
Punch - Van Emon has and at an open
meeting yet, while Ginny Lee is serving
lunches at the Hombre and stealing all

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Lenny’s gay lunch trade...oh, how fun
it is to stir, no wonder Emma May Von
Ronnda Gay loved being King of
Spoons for a year and refuses to lay
down and die...Tom Avila, have you
had enough Tequila or are you trying to
meet that big Aztec in the Sky? And
why is it true some of the bike clubs are
mad at BUTCH? I noticed you were
conspicuously absent from the Butch
Brunch last Sunday, tee hee, now that
makes three you owe me...Robin (Jail
Bird), why were you trying to lead Suzie
of the Gangway to church at the Booty
last Sunday, while Empress Starr of
Portland was keeping score - Suzie
combed his hair at least seven times in
front of the BIG mirror...Tom Joyce
thinks Ken Leetzow is DYNAMITE and
he should, he’s had that stick stuck
several times with more explosions than
Chinese New Year...I see the Brand
“S” paper finally got a bike club column
-1 can remember when I used to take all
the abuse for writing about bike clubs,
bike personalities and now you can
even write about Gilbert Hall and Don
Rotan doesn’t even flinch his lovely
eyebrows, he is a HOT man...And
speaking of HOT, must meet Cin¬
namon and Magnolia at the Wagon - a
pair of jokers if I ever saw two, but this
week the word joker is a dirty one...SIR
Hector X will celebrate his birthday on
April 23rd, with a big benefit auction for
Operation Concern and I hope you get
invited because if you do, you WILL
bring a gift...Sally of the Woods in
Fairfax is all a-dither over his 1st
Anniversary on the 27th - Sin with Sally
in Marin, he is DYNAMITE and looking
so svelte, why his turquoise weighs
more than he does now....George and
Ron of Exactly That think they’re smart
- they get to read all this garbage
before you do, as they typeset it and are
more informed than all of us...That
winds up this spool of smut... .Reverend
Jim Sandmire - we will all miss you. We
all love you. Los Angeles, look out! A
BIG man is coming to you - a gift from
San Francisco and now maybe you’ll
get your ACT together. See you at
Louie’s of Grant Avenue tonight! I do
love you all, can you handle it?

Mister Marcus

P.S. Congratulations to the Blue &
Gold on their Anniversary and to the
two winners who will represent that bar
in the MR. COWBOY CONTEST on
June 21st. Hi B.L.K. You were never
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Masculine male to share
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Easy-going, stable prof, man
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Rental agreements. 626-2083 E-6
FOR US...BY US. 100 rooms, gay
operated hotel. $5.00 a day,
$20.00 per week puts you in the
center of S.F. action. Clean,
safe, comfortable, 24 hours
attended hotel. 864-9343.
NATIONAL HOTEL. E-14

Rooms with bath and refrig.
$21.00 weekly. $84.00 monthly.
Friendly atmosphere. 776-8370.
Woodland Hotel, 473 Ellis St.,
S.F. E-0

YOUNGMEN HOTELS - Two
ood locations on Polk near
utter and Ellis at Larkin. New
furnishings in clean, bright
rooms by the week or month.
Our guest houses are exclusive¬
ly for men under 35 yrs.
885-4399 or 648-9333._E-0

Small Hotel com. kit. Clean
$20/25 per week. 1075 Post -
Polk. New Management.
441-9591.__E-9

Spacious Furn. or unf. studio
and one bdrm. apts. newly
decorated cpts., lg. walk in
closets, laundry area, some
parking. Small dogs OK. 265 Fell
St., between Gough and Frank¬
lin. Call Tony at 922-2066, after
5:00. Sat. and Sun, call 863-0940
anytime. E-0

Garden Apartment - Restored
Victorian. 71 Beaver. One br.,
deck, garden. All conveniences.

$250/ mo. 431-7647 _E-6

LIVE ON POLK where the action
is - between Buzzby’s and the
. .P.S. In the area’s only hotel
exclusively for young men under
35. Clean, redecorated rooms,
with new furnishings from $18
wk. 885-2696 or 885-4399. E-0

ROOMS FOR RENT
664 Larkin Street
$19-22 per week
928-1499 after 4 P.M. E-10

delivers total massage to turn_

you on. A guaranteed delight Bluebeard, Bill. O.E. contact
anytime! RON: 28, 5’11”, 155 G.R. Important! 664-6119 E-7

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Spacious Furn. or unf. studio
and one bdrm. apts. newly
decorated cpts, lg walk in
closets, laundry area, some
parking. Small dogs OK. 265 Fell
St., between Gough and Frank¬
lin. Call Tony at 922-2006 after
5:00 Sat and Sun, call 863-0940
anytime. _ E-0

Rooms with bath and refrig.

$21.00 weekly. $84.00 monthly.
Friendly atmosphere 885-9684.
Padre Hotel, 241 Jones St., S.F.

E-0

PUT THE UNIVERSITY TO
WORK FOR YOU! Student Em¬
ployment Service. U.C. Ber¬
keley. 642-0440. E-0

Party-gathering, Bartending Ser¬
vice. Reasonable. Excellent ref-
erences. Call Bob, 221-0737. E-6
Well defined body builder
cleans, paints houses; apts;
offices. 771-1266 after 7 P.M. E-6
SKI TOUR

Lake Tahoe $50 per person, Inc.
transportation. Fantastic Bon¬
anza Buffet. Hotel, ski rental.
All day lift, casino bonus and
lots of fun. Non-skiers welcome.
$32. Call Touring Unlimited.
333-9626 _ E-6

Biorhythm - life cycles - Shows
changes - physical, emotional
and intellectual abilities can
follow predictable patterns. Ac¬
curate easy to read in booklet
form. Charted for 1 yr. Send
$8 and birthdate to: T.C. Mc-
Cardle & Co., 4024-B 23rd St.,
S.F. CA 94114. _E-6

SPRING—IS—HERE
Housecleaning Service. Apts.,
Flats, Houses cleaned. Excellent
Refs. Reas, rates. Call Joe
431-9517 E-6

FEEL ALIVE!

LEARN TO DANCE GREEK!
Now forming a private group for
males to learn Greek Dancing.
Sunday afternoons 1 - 5. Let us
hear from you. Reservations
only; call: 457-2860. Refresh¬
ments - Beginning April 13th.
GREEK ISLANDS IMPORTS,
1208-4th St., San Rafael.ca. E-6

MOVING-HAULING- GARAGE
Cleaning. Rely on experience
Call Carl. 824-9508 or 431-3158
_E-6

GRANDMA’S ANSWERING

SERVICE

Courteous and reliable.

861-5471, ask for Grandma. E-6

MOVIN ON WITH RON
Moving and hauling at real
peoples prices. Call 285-9846 E-9

Home Improvements
Building, Remodeling
Experienced

Call Gary 282-4359 E-8

Draperies & Bed Spreads cus¬
tom designed for you and your
budget. Your fabric or mine.
Discount with this ad. Wesburn
Custom House 648-3773 E-8

Stop! Repairs, installations
Done! New/existing. Plumbing,
electrical, etc. Labor fee is
flexible. Prefer E. Bay area. Call
George 843-8008 12 N to 9 P.M.
_ E-7

GRANDMA’S HELPERS
Housecleaning - painting. Call
861-5471 ext 71 or 552-0110 E-6

Freelance photographer: All
types of photo work, public or
private. Call Hugh 431-3133 -
"No job is too small.” E-6

MOVING?

NEED A HAND?

Reasonable rates from $7/hr. to
$20/hr v According to YOUR
need. Pick-up & United Parcel
Van. Jim’s Hauling Service.
282-5843. Dependable, Respon-
sible, Fair. _E-7

FLY THERE. Pilot will fly you
anywhere west of Rockies or for
a bird’s eye view of Bay. Price
per hour $10 for 1, $6.50 ea. for
2 , $4.50 ea. for 3. Call 626-6531
Jim._E-7

MOVING? Call Dave. 931-3855.
Reasonable - Dependable. E-9

GRANNY’S TRUCKERS
A step ahead of the rest
Because We Care
For your trucking needs
Call Rick, New No. 282-6855
, _E-8

Tom Hauls All 863-7748 E-12

Sharp 23 year old, does bar-
tending, painting, and cleaning!
John 621-3354. E-7

INCOME TAX RETURNS* Cer¬
tified Public Accountant.
788-1140._E-A

CAPRICORN STEAM CARPET
Home or office. 931-3544. E-0

Golden Door Sauna. Men only.
Under new management. Sun-
deck, lg. pvt. rooms. Open 7
days a week. Special rate Sun.
$3 all day. Call Sandy, 325-9121.
1025 E. Bayshore. Red. E.P.A.E-0

I KNOW HOW TO SATISFY!
Apts., houses, small offices
cleaned. Call Dale 587-8641. E-l 1

TOURING UNLIMITED INTL
Charter limousine and mini-bus.
Tahiti—Mexico—New England
and has 75 to Paris/London
trips. Call Alan at 333-9626. E-6

For the most progressive hair-
care; precision cuts, tinting,
perms, & organic products - The
Little Tiger, 2230 Irving,
664-1897 or our Marin loc. -
Locks to Fleece, 852 College,
456-7701 (Hair design for men &
women)_E-6

BUILDING - REMODELING
Shingling - Minor elect.

& Plumbing

Experienced - Reasonable
I’m JACK - TRY ME! 658-6576 E-9

WE’LL TAKE YOUR LOAD
MOVING & HAULING
CALL KEITH 282-8085 E-l 2

Wallpapering and painting. Ex¬
perienced. Reasonable. Free
estimates and references.
Phone 864-8205 Ext. 225 E-7

Inflation Fighter - Expert Hair-
cut/wash blow dry. $6.00.
Afternoon appts. only. Civic
Center. 863-6092/431 -8681 ■ E-7

Answering Service $5 Monthly.
Call 864-3000 for all your
answering service needs. E-7

TRUCKIN’ WITH CHUCK!

MOVING & HAULING
CALL CHARLES 864-3563

E-0

DISTINGAY

San Francisco’s First Gay intro¬
duction Service. An alternative
to bars, etc. Trial memberships
available. Call ROBIN for your
personal interview. Mon. thru
Fri. 11-4, 777-1045, 681 Market
St., S.F., Suite 976._E-7

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